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Saki: Five Tales (BBC Radio) 2005

by: BBC Radio

Publication date: 2005-03
Topics: radio drama, audio thriller, short stories, story, hunting, ghost stories, ghosts
Language: English
Item Size: 473.3M

Saki's fiction famously celebrates the triumph of the "human beast" over the structures of society.

Mischief, mayhem and the antic spirit of children are the stuff of his enduring tales of English life.

Five tales by Saki (HH Munro), dramatized by Roger Davenport and directed by Ned Chaillet in FLAC (lossless) and Mp3.

Episodes Include:

The Lumber Room

When young Nicholas is punished by his aunt, he seeks refuge in the magical lumber room. But when his aunt seeks him in the garden, he can expect retribution.

The Aunt ,,,,,,, Susan Engel
Nicholas ,,,,,,, Ben Tibber
Agatha ,,,,,,, Alex Tregear

The Schartz-Metterklume Method

When Lady Carlotta is mistaken for Miss Hope, the new governess, she takes up the job with relish applying a freshly invented technique of child-rearing to her new charges. The ensuing chaos is all too 'modern' for the parents.

Lady Carlotta ...... Jennie Stoller
Mrs Quabarl ...... Jemma Churchill
Mr Quabarl / Carter ...... Philip Fox
Station Master / Jack ...... Timothy Morand
Irene ...... Emily Wachter

Fur

Eleanor and Suzanne are best friends, but not for much longer.

Suzanne knows she can get her rich cousin Bertram to buy her a fur in the sales, but she has to entrust the job to Eleanor - who has her own plans...

Eleanor ...... Helen Longworth
Suzanne ...... Lydia Leonard
Bertram ...... Bertie Carvel
Woman in Park ...... Alex Tregear
Woman in Shop ...... Alex Tregear

The Toys of Peace

Harvey is encouraged by his right-thinking sister to give toys that can't be used for war to her two sons. But children, in a Saki tale, are immensely inventive...

Harvey ...... Anthony Calf
Leonora ...... Beth Chalmers
Eric ...... Ben Tibber
Bertie ...... Anton Rice
Waitress ...... Alex Tregear

The Open Window

Packed off around Britain in a search for a cure for his nerves, Framton Nuttel arrives at the Sappleton's house.

He's got a letter of introduction from his sister... It little prepares him for the tale of terror he's about to hear...

Framton Nuttel ...... Paul Brooke
Vera ...... Emily Chenery
Mrs Sappleton ...... Joanna McCallum
Caroline Nuttel ...... Susan Jameson
Mr Sappleton ...... Michael Kilgarriff

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